Activities Facilitator

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a band 3 Activities Facilitator to join our established and dynamic team. You will be working within a friendly multi-disciplinary team with young people in an inpatient tier 4 CAMHS. The environment can be both challenging and exciting; experience working with this client group is desirable but not essential.

Mill Lodge is a CAMHS Tier 4 inpatient service working with young people aged 13-18 years of age. You will be based in York but there will be expectations for you to occasionally travel within the Trust for things such as training. The team provide a flexible service to meet the needs of the young people, including some evening and weekend hours.

This is a crucial role within a busy team, offering a range of therapeutic sessions, supporting engagement and helping to provide some structure and routine to the ward. We are looking for someone who is passionate about working with this client group.

Telephone discussions prior to interview are encouraged

Main duties of the job

This post would be an excellent opportunity for someone who is interested in facilitating the delivery of therapeutic activity within an inpatient environment supporting Young people on their recovery journey. The successful candidate would be supporting young people identifying and engaging in meaningful activity, as part of a ward based timetable supporting routine and structure.

We are looking for someone who has experience or knowledge in implementing fun and enjoyable activities with young people with complex needs. Preferred but not essential.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.netAttached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

173-69324-CYP

Job locations

Mill Lodge

520 Huntington Rd

York

YO32 9QA

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Demonstrates some experience, or further training in the field of Mental health

Interest

Essential

Desire to work with this client group.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Demonstrates some experience, or further training in the field of Mental health

Interest

Essential

Desire to work with this client group.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.